Peter (Pete) A. Zaccagnino is Founder and President of High Performance Aircraft Training (HPAT).Graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Pete is a professor of aerodynamics and meteorology and he has taught in over eighty different experimental aircraft and twelve different jets.Pete has certificates and ratings in Aerobatic CFI, MEI, CFII and several type ratings in jet aircraft with over three (300) hundred crossings worldwide and six (6) around the world trips.
Pete has test flown for a variety of aircraft manufactures, designed a multitude of components for various aircraft and has over two hundred and fifty (250) first flights in homebuilt aircraft.

HPAT Today and Tomorrow

Pete Zaccagnino has chosen his High Performance Aircraft Training Team very carefully and together they conduct group educational and flight training sessions and one-on-one training all over the world.

Pete Zaccagnino, a winner at the Reno Air Races, executive pilot, aeronautical engineer, and president of Supersonic Productions, is releasing Bush Flying as the first in a series of pilot-oriented shows that will be released in the next year.